Container and carrier for bottled goods



Nov. 23, 1943.

J. O'REILLY CONTAINER AND CARRIER FOR BOTTLED GOODS 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Film ad Aug. 24, 1940 I K L K /4 0 /4 Y L32 24 KM INVENTOR ATTORNEY Nov. 23, 1943. J. O'REILLY CONTAINER AND CARRIER FOR BOTTLED GOODS Filed Aug. 24, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR 31 J01:- 081511.0/

ATTORNEY Nov. 23, 1943. O'REILLY I 2,335,022

CONTAINER AND CARRIER FDR BOTTLED GOODS Filed Aug. 24, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 q 7 //0a. I

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ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 23, 1943 i CONTAINER AND CARRIER FOB BOTTLE!) GOODS 7, Joe OReilly, Tacoma, Wash. Application August 24, 1940, Serial No. 354,006

3 Claims. (Cl. 224-45) This invention relates to containers and carriers for bottled goods, and has reference more particularly to articles of that character made from cardboard, and adapted for the carrying of a pack of bottles in upright position, and with the neck portions of the bottles exposed for easy removal from the carrier. Specifically, the invention relates to improvements in containers and carriers of the character disclosed by U. 8. Letters Patent No. 2,094,744, issued on October 5, 1937, which is designed to accommodate a pack of six bottles placed in two parallel rows of three bottles each.

It is the principal object of the present invention to'provide a bottle container and carrier of the above character, made from a single. rectangular strip of material, cut and folded in such novel manner as to materially reduce the length of the strip as ordinarily used in the making of such articles, and without the elimination of any of the desirable features that are ordinarily pro- Vided;

carrying of a plurality of bottles, and from which container the bottles may be lifted without requiring any disconnection, unfolding or disassembling of parts of the device. Furthermore, to provide the blank with partially detached portions adjacent its ends which, by reason of the novel manner of folding the blank, will provide.

handles for the easy and convenient ca y of the package and at the same time, by reason of the displacement of these parts from-the blank in folding, will provide the openings through which the bottles may be placed in or removed from the completed carrier:

- It is a still further object of this invention to provide a carrier that may be retained flatly collapsed until its use is desired, and then erected I without requiring any additional folding, tucking or attachment of parts.

Still other objects of the invention are to be found in the details of formation of the blank, and in that particular manner of folding and connecting the parts that insures the strength and durability of the carrier, and makes possible its manufacture at a relatively low cost.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container and carrier for bottled goods embodying the present for reception of botinvention, as erected ready tles.

Fig, 2 is a, plan view of the cardboard blank as prepared for the making of the present container and carrier.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the blank as initiallyfolded upon itself, preparatory to making the handle fold.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the blank as folded to extend the handle portions, and stitched to join the parts ready for being expanded to receive a pack of bottles therein.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the fold; the view being taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a central sectional view of the collapsed carrier, indicating the direction of making the folds.

Fig. 7 is a similar, cros sectional view of the carrier as expanded and containing a pack of bottles therein.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal, sectional view taken on the line 88 in Fig. 7, showing the location of bottles of the pack in dotted lines.

Fig. 9 is a body blank as prepared for the making of a, carrier and container of an alternative form.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a filled container and carrier of the alternative form as made from the blank of Fig, 9.

Fig. 11 is a side view of the carrier of Fig. 10

shown collapsed.

Fig. 12 is a top view of the carrier as filled with bottles.

Fig. 13 is a perspective view illustrating a modification in a detail of construction of the device of Fi 10.

Referring more in detail to the drawings-- First describing the formation of the carrier and container shown in Fig. 1, this article is formed from a single rectangular, cardboard blank, designated in its entirety in Fig. 2 by reference numeral III. The blank has a width somewhat greater than the length of the rows of bottles it is to contain, and a length sufllcient to form the bottom, sides and top of the bottle container and to provide stock for joining the end portions together. At a location exactly medial of its opposite end edges, the blank is transversely scored, as designated by the dash line H. This is to enable the blank to be easily folded upon itself and flatly collapsed. At equal distances on opposite sides of the medial line H, the blank is transversely scored or creased, as indicated by the dash lines l 2-I2. These lines of scoring are parallel and define the opposite side edges of the bottom section of the carrier; this bottom section being designated by reference numeral l3 in Figs. 1 and '7.

Heretofore, in. the making of similar bottle carriers, the handle. forming material has been added to the opposite ends of that portion of the blank which forms th main, body. However, in the present instance, the handle material is obtained by its removal from the body of the blank,

as presently explained, thus making possible the formation of the carrier with less length of material in the blank than is ordinarily used. 'Referring particularly to Fig. 2, it will be observed that I have there designated those portions which by oppositeside cuts I6 and I 6' which extend] respectively from the opposite ends of the transverse cut I toward the ends of the blank, terminating equal distances short of the end edge of the blank. The blank is transversely scoredl or creased adjacent each end, as designated by the dash lines I! and i1. These lines, at each end, are alined and they extend from the outer ends of the cuts 16 and IB' to the adjacent side edges of the blank. Also, there are lines of scoring or creases I8-IB formed as continuations of the transverse cuts i5--l5' extending to the side edges of the blank. To aid in erection, as will presently be understood, the blank is transversely scored at opposite sides of the handle portions as at fl9l9'.

The handle portion M has a part out therefrom forming an elongated, transverse opening to to provide a hand hold. The other handle portion M has a cut 2lforming a partially detached tab 22 similar in shape to the outline of opening 20 and so located that when the blank is folded upon itself atthe line H, it will coincide with the opening 20.

Formed in the blank, parallel with its side,

crease II are so located that when the blank is folded upon itself and the opposite edges of the blank brought into registration, they will coincide, as noted best by reference to Fig. 4. I

Assuming the blank to be so cut and creased, the formation of the carrier therefrom would be as follows: First, the prepared blank I 0 is folded upon itself at the transverse line of scoring II to bring the opposite end portions thereof into coincidence, as observed in Fig. v3. Then the extreme end portions of the blank; that being the upper ends as shown in Fig. 3, are both folded in the same direction, back upon the body of the blank, on the lines of the scoring l'I-l'l' so that the two handle forming portions I4 and 14' will bedisplaced from the body of the blank and swung about the bend as an axis to a position extending beyond the fold, asnoted in Figs. 4

edges, are cuts 2323' setting off strips of material designated at 32, which extend equal distances at opposite sides of the medial line H, passing through the transverse scores l2-l2' and terminating short of the scores l8-i8'. At the ends of the cuts 23-23', lines of scoring 24 extend transversely to the adjacent side edges of the blank. Also, extending transversely of the blank, between the cuts 23 and 23', and parallel with and spaced outwardly from the score lines EZ-IZ' are creases or scored lines 25-25, and located at each side of the center and between the scored lines l2 and 25 are semi-circular openings 28. In the present instance, the container is designed to accommodate six bottles arranged in two-parallel rows of three bottles each, and therefore there are six of these cut-outs as will be understood by reference to Fig. 1. It will be observed that the base edges of these openings 28 coincide with the creases or lines l2--l2', and the spacing of the openings at-each side is substantially equal to the diameter of the bottles to be contained. Also, the openings atthe two sides of the center line H are oppositely disposed.

It will be understood that the corresponding cuts and creases or lines of scoring, formed in and 6; With the blank so folded, the stitching 30 is then placed through the back turned and body portions of the blank, as noted in Fig. 4, to secure the blank endstogether, and to form the sling. Also, stitching, or staples 3| are passed through the opposite side portions of the folded strips 32 set off between the side edges of the blank and the cuts 23, just below the transverse score lines I2. The partially detached tab 22 is then pressed through the opening 20 and bentupwardly as seen in Fig. 6.

To expand the carrier thus formed, for reception .of its pack of bottles, the two side wall portions designated at 34? 4 are pulled directly apart, causing the blank to bend at the lines 62-!2', and also at 2525, thus permitting the opposite hal s of the bottom forming section 53 to move i to a common plane as noted in Fig. 7 the oppisite sections 3434' to form parallel side walls nd the top forming portions 3535' to be inclined inwardly and upwardly toward each other so that the two rows of bottles may be placed on the bottom wall at opposite sides of the center line I l, and those in each row will project upwardly through the corresponding top opening formed by the removal from the blank of the handle forming portions.

In thus expanding, the sections 35-35' bend at the creases l9-l9', allowing the handles to assume an upright position, and the cross strips 32 will be drawn to horizontal position, as noted in Fig. 1. When the container has thus been expanded, the spread of the side walls is limited by effective portions of the cross ties 32 and it will be understood that these cross ties also act to retain the bottles from slipping from the open ends of the package. The base section I3 is slightly narrower than the space required to accommodate the two rows of bottles. However, it will be understood by reference to Fig. 7, that these openings are intended to and will receive the base ends of the bottles therein to provide the necessary space for the two rows and to maintain the spacing of the bottles in each row, and keep the end bottles in place. v

In Fig. 10, I have illustrated a carrier of an alternative form of construction, providing for the manufacture from a body blank of slightly lesser width, by reason of the elimination of the bottle retaining and tie strips 32. The blank I00. from which such device is made, as shown in Fig. 9, is formed substantially like that in Fig. 2, except that the longitudinal cuts 23 are omitted, and the'longitudinally extending strips 60 at each side of the handle forming portions are centrally creased by transverse lines 6! and also by two diagonal lines li263, equally distant from the lines 6|.

The folding, stitching and erection of the carrier made from this blank is substantially like that already described, and will not be further described. Its width is slightly less than the length of the row of bottles to be placed therein, and thus, when the bottles are placed in the carrier through the top openings at opposite sides of the handle portion, the strips 60 will be outwardly bowed, bending at the diagonal creases 6263 and at the center crease 6| as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, to conform to the curved shoulder of the engaging bottle. Thus the bottles will be held against displacement from the open ends of the carrier.

As an alternative arrangement, the sloping top portions may be formed with side flanges 65 as illustrated in Fig. 13, which, by creasing along the lines 66, could be readily turned downwardly or upwardly to be out of the way and give the required strength for retaining the pack of bottles in place.

Such containers, while here shown to be made to accommodate six bottles, could be made in various sizes and to accommodate various numbers of bottles without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The main feature of the invention resides in the novel manner of cutting and folding to provide the handle portions from the body material, thus to avoid the necessity of added length of material to the blank for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent isv 1. A container or carrier for bottled goods comprising a continuous strip of cardboard or the like, folded to form a sling with a bottom section and opposite side sections; said side sections each being provided near its top edge, with a partially detached flap severed from the strip on opposite side edges and along the transverse edge that is farthest from the top edge of the strip, and said opposite end portions of the strip being brought flatly together with end edges even and folded back, one within the other, transversely of the strip, in a manner whereby to displace the partially detached flaps from the side wall sections and to cause them to extend in coincidence beyond the ends of the blank to serve as handles for the sling.

2. Acontainer or carrier for bottled goods comprising a continuous strip of cardboard or the like, folded to form a sling with a fiat bottom section and opposite side sections; said side sections each being provided near its top edge with a partially detached flap severed from the strip on opposite side edges and on the transverse edge that is farthest from the edge of the strip, and

said opposite end portions of the strip being brought flatly together with end edges even and folded back, one within the other, transversely of the strip, in a manner whereby to displace the partially detached flaps from the side wall sections and to cause them to extend in coincidence beyond the ends of the blank to serve as handles for the sling; one of said flaps passing through the opening at the other end of the cardboard strip provided by the displacement of the flap from that end.

3. A container and carrier for bottled goods formed from a rectangular, elongated strip of v cardboard, or the like, transversely scored and bent on said scores to form a sling with a flat bottom section and opposite side wall sections; said side wall sections having their ends brought flatly together and the immediate end portions thereof folded back, one within the other, and staples passed through the back-turned portions and underlying parts of the side walls to secure the fold and hold the ends together; each of said side wall sections comprising a partially detached flap formed by opposite side cuts longitudinally of the strip and a cross cut defining the transverse edge that is farthest from the end edge of the blank, and said flaps being displaced from the wall sections by the back folding of the end portions, and thereby caused to extend, in coincidence, beyond the joined end portions of the sling to serve as handles therefor; the flap that is attached to the end of the strip that is at the inside of the fold being extended through the opening in the opposite end of the strip formed by the displacement of the flap therefrom.

JOE OREILLY. 

